Aaron's Rod
[Ref. to Numbers xvii. 8.]
1. Herb. A name popularly applied to different plants with tall flowering stems; especially the Great Mullein or Hag-taper (Verbascum Thapsus), and the Golden Rod (Solidago Virgaurea), or a cultivated Canadian species of the latter.
| 1834 M. Howitt The Garden (Sketches of Nat. Hist. 1851) 108 I'd Jacob's Ladder, Aaron's Rod, And the Peacock Gentianella. |
2. Arch. ‘An ornamental figure representing a rod with a serpent entwined about it; improperly called the caduceus of Mercury.’ Weale Dict. Terms 1849, and other mod. Dict.—Not in Gwilt or Parker.